Waiting For the Moon

Moonrise Paint Out, 25 Sept.

Another beautiful evening, sans the hike. This is the moon as it looked; first from the camera's point of view then from my point my view.
Cattails Moonrise 12"x9". This painting can be viewed at the Link Gallery in Estes Park, CO.

Evening Paint Out, 24 Sept.

Judith, Richard, Kayleith and myself (Coni) followed Richard and faithful companions- Toby, Puck and MAc down into the trees on the CityRanch property to paint Blanca at last light. Last light, like Alpenglow, lasts about 10 minutes except when it is over you find yourself in a nocturn and wishing for a flashlight. No one finished a painting but we were inspired to go out Tuesday nite to paint the moon rising over the trees.
I'll keep you posted.

Sept.14th- Paint Out

Friday, Sept. 14 at the marsh picnic area across from Cattails Golfcourse at 8am. It was a beautiful morning, only slightly chilly. Autumn is coming on fast. I painted this looking south across the water when the sun was still very low.
'Sunrise at the Marsh' 9"x12". This painting can be viewed at the Link Gallery in Estes Park.

Carol painted looking over the water toward the golf course.

Daily Painter Goes to Estes Park

Artists gathered at the home of Mike and Rebecca Barrett (owners of the LINK Gallery) for food and art talk. I met Victoria Brooks a wonderful plein air painter from California. She was looking for someone willing to meet up before dawn to catch the early light on the mountains in the Rocky Mt National Park. I'm game- who cares about sleep, I'll probably be to wound up to sleep anyway.

Daily Painter -Sunday dawn at Sprague Lake

After a very restless night I gave up sleeping and drove up in to the Rocky Mt National Park to meet Victoria Brooks. It took a while and a bit of driving in the dark to get my bearings but I finally found Sprague Lake. We were set up to paint by 6:30am when the "alpenglow" was right at the peak. This view is very compelling but I was looking for something a little more intimate and found what is shown here.
'Morning at Sprague Lake', 10"x8"oil can be viewed at the Link Gallery in Estes Park.

Daily Painter -Sunday at Sprague Lake

Making do.
Victoria wanted to do something with figures and the father and son who had been fishing near us suddenly up and moved - alas, so she painted me painting a 6"x 8"of hikers stopping on a little bridge looking towards me as the sun rose over them.
On the right is my painting of 'Hikers at Sprague Lake', 6"x8" oil $150.

Daily Painter -Making Do

I ended up being Victoria's model.
She painted me while I painted the the "Hikers at Sprague Lake"- Above.